Unknown people kill collaborator with government forces in Syria’s Daraa

DARAA, Syria (North Press) – Unidentified people targeted on Tuesday an individual near the city of al-Hara, in the northern countryside of Daraa Governorate, southern Syria, killing him immediately.

A local source told North Press that Thamer al-Faroukh, used to work in a military post, affiliated with the Political Security Branch of Syrian government, in the town of Akraba, in the northern countryside of Daraa.

Al-Faroukh hails from the city of al-Hara, but he fled the city after handing over a number of wanted young men to the government forces, according to the source.

In July 2018, the opposition armed factions and the government forces reached a ceasefire agreement mediated by Russia in the opposition-held areas in Daraa. Under the deal, the opposition armed factions agreed to hand over their heavy weapons in exchange for staying in Daraa, and those oppose the agreement would go to Idlib, which is under the control of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS, formerly al-Nusra Front).

Since the government forces re-captured Daraa in line with the 2018 agreement, the governorate has been living in a state of security chaos, with one or two daily assassinations targeting soldiers and officers of the government forces, not to mention the spread of thefts.

On March 26, one person was killed and two others were injured due to clashes between the Eighth Legion, affiliated with the government forces and an armed group in the town of Inkhil, in the northern countryside of Daraa.

Reporting by Mo’ayed al-Ashqar